HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION THE TROPICAL AND THE GEOGRAPHY - GRADE 7
SUBTROPICAL REGIONS
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• To understand the origin of the rivers Amazon, Ganga and learning Brahmaputra. objectives • To distinguish the vegetation and wildlife of these two basins. • To critically examine the impact of climate and vegetation on the lives of people living here. All rights reserved @ Bhavans Middle East River Amazon • River Amazon is in South America. • It flows through the equatorial region. • It originates from the mountains in the west and joins the Atlantic ocean in the east. • Numerous tributaries join the Amazon river to form the Amazon basin. • The river basin drains portions of Brazil, parts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and a small part of Venezuela.
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River Amazon • River Amazon is in South America. • It flows through the equatorial region. • It originates from the mountains in the west and joins the Atlantic ocean in the east. • Numerous tributaries join the Amazon river to form the Amazon basin. • The river basin drains portions of Brazil, parts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and a small part of Venezuela.
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River Amazon • River Amazon is in South America. • It flows through the equatorial region. • It originates from the mountains in the west and joins the Atlantic ocean in the east. • Numerous tributaries join the Amazon river to form the Amazon basin. • The river basin drains portions of Brazil, parts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and a small part of Venezuela.
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River Amazon • River Amazon is in South America. • It flows through the equatorial region. • It originates from the mountains in the west and joins the Atlantic ocean in the east.
Amazon river to form the
Amazon basin. • The river basin drains portions of Brazil, parts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and a small part of Venezuela.
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River Amazon • River Amazon is in South America. • It flows through the equatorial region. • It originates from the mountains in the west and joins the Atlantic ocean in the east.
Amazon river to form the
Amazon basin. • The river basin drains portions of Brazil, parts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and a small part of Venezuela.
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Mouth of Amazon • Amazon river joins the Atlantic Ocean. • The place where a river flows into another body of water is called the river’s mouth.
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All rights reserved @ Bhavans Middle East Rainforests - flora • Availability of abundant water and sunlight helps the plants to grow well in the region. So thick forests grow here. • The Amazon forests are in fact so thick that the dense ‘roof’ created by leaves and branches does not allow the sunlight to reach the ground. • The ground remains dark and damp. Only shade tolerant vegetation may grow on the ground. Orchids, bromeliads grow as plant parasites.
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All rights reserved @ Bhavans Middle East PEOPLE • People living in the rainforests, clear a small area and do the farming. • While men hunt and fish along the rivers, women take care of the crops. • Tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato are some of the crops grown here. • ‘Slash and burn agriculture’ is practiced here. • The staple food is manioc, which is also known as cassava. It grows under the ground like the potato. • People here eat queen ants and egg sacs. • Cash crops like coffee, maize and cocoa are also grown here.
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Houses
• Most of the houses are made of
wood, since rainforests provide plenty of wood. • Some families live in thatched houses shaped like beehives. • There are other large apartment-like houses called ‘Maloca’ with a steeply slanting roof.
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